near to Crewe, Cheshire, Great Britain

View NE at the south end of Crewe station, with one of the pilots seen at work, LMS Fowler 3F 0-6-0T No. 47505, which was built in 1928 as No. 16588 and withdrawn in 8/65 as a Crewe Works shunter. On a cold December day, electrification masts abound as the line to Manchester was already electric and that to Liverpool will be within the week.